Originally Posted by littlenige

Charlie, I think the idea of covering the history in photos of the development of each boat company that he started is a great idea.

Originally Posted by 7xchamp (Post 1974450)

Unfortunatly no one would ever have a clue, other than the old hold out of Magnum Marine on the corner, and the vacant wooded property on the end of the street, which was next to Bobby Moore/Aronow shops. HISTORY literally. I f we could scrape together 18 or 20 million we could buy the end piece owned by Magnum and do our Museum approx. 5 acres that Magnum owns. Figure couple more million for buildings and 1/2 mil a year to sustain it. I`ll chip in the first $100.00 and would like to be considered for the job of curator and founder.
Happy New Years thoughts. 7XCHAMP

Originally Posted by Top Banana (Post 1969755)

I spent yesterday in NY with Michael Aronow, comparing information on what HORBA has in it's files and what the Aronow archives have.....there are tons of unbelievable stuff between the two sources.

We would like to do a tribute to Don in 2007 as he would have been 80 years old, if he had lived this coming March 1.

What would you, the people like to see?

We have everything from childhood photos to early racing shots and actual movies of him racing both here and overseas.

One idea was a book containing 80 photos, that had never been published before. Another was a history with photos of the development of each boat company that he started.

Please help with your suggestions, as we would like to get this organized and up and running soon after the first of the year.

Thank you for your interest and suggestions. You can write to us directly at www.historicraceboats.com or post an answer here on OSO.

Originally Posted by 36widebody (Post 1978971)

Charlie,
I would think a lot of people would be interested in the boat companies he created, as to how many hulls,production dates, identification numbers from the 1970-1980 era, who the new owners was etc since we do not get any support or answers from the present owner of Cigarette boatbuilders. I assume this would be legal beeing so many years ago.

Or if Michael would set up a service we could pay for asking spesific questions regarding the hulls we own now?

Reg Joern

Originally Posted by Scott B (Post 1979633)

Magnum and Cig should have the records from the old days, they are a part of the companies records and follow the co, not the owner.. On the Donzi board we have been sucessful in uncovering a LOT of the older boats details, there is some darn cool info out there...

Tboat row is in Aventura now, not Miamuh..